HTC One (M8) and Nokia Lumia 930 tackle the Ice Bucket Challenge

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23 Aug 2014, 23:14posted on

Just the other day, the Samsung Galaxy S5 was drenched with ice water as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS. At the same time, Samsung's flagship model challenged the HTC One (M8) and the Nokia Lumia 930 to take the challenge. But the Galaxy S5 has a big advantage here. That device has an IP 67 certification, meaning that it can withstand being submerged in up to 3.2 feet of water for as long as 30 minutes...

Watch 1:32-1:40, you can see his finger isn't covering the socket tightly on the Lumia 930, his finger turned a bit sideways. Also, see how he hold both phones at the end when he shows them to the camera, that's a normal way to hold the phone when you're showing it to the camera.

You guys don't be stupid. Most phones can definitely survive a splash of water. Whether water proof or not. They weren't submerged into water.
Secondly Sammy's add goes beyond the ice bucket challenge. They are just trying to tell you the s5 is water proof and you won't be scared getting it close to water meanwhile the other phones challenged are not so you'll be taking a huge risk getting them near water but I guess haters are always gone hate.
If you're feeling proud about your m8 or lumia why don't you try it at home yourself? Lol

looks like screenshots to me, because if they were you keep it at the lock screen, the phone would turn of the display in seconds. You can see the screenshot moving while the water was running down, kinda similar to what happened to the Lumia (the touch screen acted up).

Why the time gap? My theory: They got others screenshots on the phone before that, and then they took one screenshot of the lock screen for this video. During a trial, they were like "Oh sh*t it swiped to a lame screenshot. I think we need to make another screenshot of the lock screen so if it moves, it will still look fine." Hence the time gap. This is just my theory, lol.

Not only did they survive, they got a lot more water poured on them, while the Samsung had a little cup of water poured on it. Further The Galaxy challenge was doctored. Note how the time changes to 2:50 in the notification shade while remaining at 2:16 on the larger portion.

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